''Jihad! The Musical'' is a musical comedy and jihad satire. The show was written by Benjamin Scheuer (music/lyrics) and Zoe Samuel (book/lyrics). ''Jihad! The Musical'' premiered at the 2007

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and had a London run at the

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in January 2010.Michael Billington, "Jihad! The Musical"
''The Guardian'', 15 January 2010. The plot centers on an ambitious Afghan peasant, Sayid al Boom, recruited by a "smooth-talking Islamic fundamentalist in a pinstripe suit" named Hussein Al Mansour. The show features a number in which a high-kicking chorus line of dancers swathed head to toe in hot-pink

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s back al Mansour up as he sings, "I wanna be like Osama, I wanna bomb a path to fame across the Earth. People may abhor me but by God, they won't ignore me, When the CIA determines what I'm worth."

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''I Wanna be Like Osama''
a song and dance number with

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2007 musicals Musical parodies Works about jihadism British satirical musicals Plays set in Afghanistan {{musical-theat-stub